Loose-leaf book.



C. E. AURACHER.

LOOSE LEAF BOOK.

APPLICATION HLED JUNEIZ, 1914.

1,146,915. Patented July 20,1915.

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ED STATEs Parana oration.

CHARLES E. AURACI-IER, OF CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA, ASSIGNOR '10 LE FEBUBELEDGER COMPANY, OF CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA, A CORPORATION OF IOWA.

LOOSE-LEAF BOOK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 26 1915.

Application filed June 12, 1914. Serial No. 844,706.

To all whom it may concern: I Be it'known that 1, CHARLES E. AURACHER, acitizen of the United States, residing at Cedar Rapids, in the county ofLinn and State of Iowa, have invented new and useful Improvements inLoose-Leaf Books, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to loose leaf books and consists in certainimprovements in the construction thereof as will be hereinafter fullydescribed and pointed out in the claims.

One of the'principal objects of the invention is to adapt the leaves ofa loose leaf book to the bookkeeping systems now being introduced withrelation to bookkeeping or ledger posting machines and especially to soform such leaves as to adapt them to the use of such machines so thatboth sides of the leaves may be conveniently used; especially with indexsheets by which several accounts in the book may be readily found. Thebook may be used, however, otherwise than in connection with suchmachines.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings as follows 1-Figure 1 shows a perspective view of a ledger partly opened at an indexpage. Fig. 2 is a view of one of the ledger pages. Figs. 3, 4, 5 and 6showedges of successive ledger pages. Fig. 7 shows the reverse side ofthe page shown in Fig. 2. 'Figs. 8, 9, 10 and 11 show the reverse sidesof edges of pages shown in Figs. 3, 4, 5 and 6 respectively.

1 marks the book cover, 2 the ordinary binder metals, which may be ofany desired description, the key slot for operating the metal beingshown at 3.

4 marks the ledger page. Itis notched on both edges, leavingindex spaces4 The reverse side, 4 of page 4 (shown in Fig. 7) is similarly notched,so as to form the index spaces 44. Each .space 4 or 4 has an indexsymbol 1. Page 5, which is a successive page to page 4, is notched alongits edges forming the index spaces 5". .These spaces are so arrangedrelative tothe spaces 4* as to leave some of the index spaces 5*uncovered by the space or tab 4*. The edges of the reverse side 5 of thesheet 5 are shown inFigs. 9 and 10, and have the index spaces 55 on thereverse sides of the index spaces 55. The spaces 5 and 5 are providedwith the index symbols 2, the symbols being in aposition to be uncoveredbythe index spaces 4* and 4. The sheet 6 is notched to form index spaces6 6 the spaces being of sufficient length to have a portion of thespaces uncovered by the notches in the sheet 5. The reverse side 6 ofthe sheet 6 has the index spaces 6 and these spaces 6* and 6 areprovided with the index symbols 3. These sheets 4, 5 and 6, are leavesin the book as shown in Fig. 1, and the number of sheets may beincreased indefinitely.

Index pages 7 are arranged in the book at intervals, these preferablyhaving index tabs 7' at the top, as shown in Fig. 1. The index pages 7are provided with the name spaces 7*, 7 and 7 these spaces correspondingor registering with the index spaces 4 5 and 6", the spaces 7, 7 and 7being preferably provided with index symbols 1, 2 and 3 registering withthe symbols 1, 2 and 3, on the pages 4, 5 and 6 respectively. It will benoted that the name spaces 7 7 and? are along both edges of the page 7.

In the operation of the book the accounts are arranged under theirproper names and the index spaces are provided with the names withrelation to the initial letters of the names, or otherwise as desired.As shown the index sheet with the tab J is open in Fig. 1, and nameshaving this initial letter are to be placed in the spaces 7, 7 and 7.

The accounts corresponding to these names are found on the pages havingthe index symbols corresponding to the symbols on the name spaces. Aseries of leaves corresponding to leaves 4, 5, 6, etc, it will beunderstood are arranged following each index sheet. All that isnecessary, therefore, is to refer to the index page, run down to thename, and this will locate the ledger page immediately by thecorresponding symbol space, and this page may be held as the other pagesare thrown back. It will be noted thatwhen one side of the page as 4 isfilled, it may be reversed and the index space 4 will occupy the samespace in the book as did the index space 4". .So that the index pageapplies to the ledger page reversed equally well with that of the firstside of the page. V

By placing the symbols on both edges of the sheet as well as both sidesan index symbol is provided, corresponding to the name space on theindex sheet at both edges of the index'sheet, so that either edge may beused in locating the page with relationtothe in- I dex sheet.

The index pages are ruled with a namefinding device 8 consisting of aseries of vertical columns having the letters of the alphabet. \Vhile wehave shown only few of the letters of the alphabet in order to enlargethe'column it will be understood that the full number of columns for thecomplete alphabet may be used. By placing the second initial of the namein the column under the first initial the name may be quickly located byrunning down the column under the first initial to the second initialand then across to the name. The example used, D. A. Jones is placedunder the column D and the second initial is placed opposite the name D.A. Jones.

It will be noted that the side edges of the symbol spaces 4", 5 and 6form a guiding surface for the sheets as they are laid in the machine sothat the columns formed by the machine will register with the ruling.

l/Vhat I claim as new is:-

1. .A. series of leaves for loose leaf ledgers notched to exposesuccessive spaces on said leaves and on two edges of said leaves, eachspace being located to occupy the same position in the book as itscompanion space with the leaf reversed; in combination with an indexpage of a size to expose said successive spaces of the series of leavesat both edges, said index page being ruled to form name spaces, eachname space registering with one of the series of spaces.

2. A series of leaves for loose leaf ledgers noched to expose successivespaces on said leaves and on two edges of said leaves, each space beinglocated to occupy the same position in the book as its companion spacewith the leaf reversed; in combination with an index page of a size toexpose said successive spaces of the series of leaves at both edges,said index page being ruled to form name spaces at each edge and eachname space registering with one of the successive spaces of the seriesof leaves.

3. A loose leaf ledger comprising a series of leaves notched to exposesuccessive spaces on said leaves and on two edges, said spaces beingoppositely placed on said edges of said leaves; and means in which saidleaves are detachably bound, said means when said ledger is openexposing both of said notched edges.

4. A leaf for a loose leaf book notched on two edges with an index spaceon each edge and on both faces of said spaces, said spaces being locatedto occupy the same position in the book as their companion spaces withthe leaf reversed, each index space having on both faces a similarsymbol.

with the leaf reversed, each index space on both faces having a simllarsymbol-1n combination with an index sheet exposingboth index spaces atboth edges, said lndex sheet being ruled to form name spaces at eachedge registering with said index spaces.

6. A leaf fora loose leaf booknotclied on two edges with an index spaceon each edge and on both faces of said spaces, said spaces being locatedto occupy the same position in the book as their companion spaces withthe leaf reversed, each index space on both faces havinga similar symbolin combination with an index sheet exposing both index spaces at bothedges, said index sheet being ruled to form namefspaces .at each edgeregistering with said index spaces and each. name space having a symbolcorresponding to the symbol of the indexspace with which the name spaceregisters.

7 Aseries of leaves for loose leaf books notched to expose successivespaces on said leaves and on two edges of said, leaves, each space beinglocated to occupy the same position in the book as its companion spacewith the leaf reversed, the opposite faces of companion spaces havingsimilar symbols in combination with an index sheet of a size to exposeone edge of said successive spaces and being ruled to form namespaces,each name space registeringwith one of the successive spaces and havinga symbol corresponding to the symbol on the successive spaces.

8. A series of leaves for loose leaf books notched to expose successivespaces on said leaves and on two edges of. said leaves, each space beinglocated to occupy thesame position in the book as its companion spacewith the leaf reversed in combination with an index page of a size toexpose the successive spaces at both edges and being ruled to form namespaces at each edge, each name space registering with one of thesuccessive spaces, said index page being provided with a series ofalphabetically designated spaces centrally located on the page withrelation to said name spaces, the alphabetically designated spaces beingarranged transversely to the name spaces.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

CHARLES ,E. AURACHER. Witnesses:

LEO Ln ,FEBUREI, EDW. D. GREEDY.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. O.

